A bill just passed the IN house to extend the deer season a full week and liberalize the use of cross bows. They included the use of rifles with handgun rounds last year. These are some of the most liberal regulations in the states. The new moves stem from over $100 million in insurance claims last year. Indiana has one of the finest deer management programs in the midwest.

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Really weird they won't allow a 30-30 rifle but you can use a 6mm BR,30-30-,300 win mag etc in an Encore!I use a 44mag Marlin in the northern top of state, would love to use my 35 Remington Marlin 336, really dumb you can use a 35 Rem in a 16 inch Encore but not in a rifle

Old post but I will chime in again. You can use high powered rifle to take coyotes and the unwanted Russian blue boar, but are limited to shotgun for deer. If Indiana is too flat to safely use a rifle for deer how can it be safe to use on other animals?